/ briːz; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
[ C ] a light wind :
a sea breeze
The flowers were gently swaying in the breeze .
A light breeze was blowing.
2.
[ sing. ] ( informal ) a thing that is easy to do :
It was a breeze.
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IDIOMS
see shoot verb
■ verb
[ v + adv. / prep. ] to move in a cheerful and confident way in a particular direction :
She just breezed in and asked me to help.
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PHRASAL VERBS
- breeze through sth
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: probably from Old Spanish and Portuguese briza NE wind (the original sense in English).